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Chicken or Egg: Where Does W32.Changeup Come From?

04

Dec

2012

Throughout history, philosophers and scientists have pondered the question of which came first: the chicken or the egg. Over the last week, Security Response has seen an increase in the number of W32.Changeup detections. We know that Changeup can download a bevy of other threats onto a compromised computer. But an unanswered question is how […]

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Spammers disguise malware as Vodafone MMS email

08

Nov

2012

The email includes original links to Vodafone websites, which makes it a lot less suspicious for spam filters and explains why so many users have initially received the email.The given telephone numbers in those mails vary, but the gist always remains the same: The recipient is asked to open the attached file, which is said […]

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Vast email malware outbreaks – efaxCorporate and Xerox copiers

25

Oct

2012

Wednesday the 24th saw huge of amounts of email-attached malware distributed – all with an “office” theme. The attacks pushed the amount of email up by several hundred percent and totaled near five billion emails sent worldwide. The first part of the day saw emails describing an attachment as being the scan from a Xerox […]

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